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Madrid Stock Exchange: Gerdau One Of Brazil's Biggest Manufacturer Of Gross Steel To List On Latibex As Of December 2

Date 12/11/2002

Brazilian company Gerdau S.A., one of Brazil's biggest manufacturers of gross steel has applied for the listing of its preferred stock on the Latibex market. The company will begin trading on the market as of December 2, once it has met the listing requirements.
Instinet Announces October 2002 Transaction Information

Date 12/11/2002

Instinet Group Incorporated (NASDAQ: INET) announced today that its U.S. equity share volume in October 2002 was 14,458 million shares.(1) This compares to 8,662 million shares in September 2002 and 7,072 million shares in October 2001.
Euronext Intends To Implement A New Business Structure, Based On P& L Accountable Strategic Business Units

Date 12/11/2002

Euronext, the pan-European capital markets group, has begun consultations with its workforce and regulators about plans to restructure the group to give it a stronger client and performance focus.
Despite Bear Market, Still 1.3 Million Shareholders In Switzerland

Date 12/11/2002

The total number of shareholders in Switzerland has declined noticeably since 2000 - this according to the findings by Zurich University's Swiss Banking Institute in a study conducted under the auspices of the SWX Swiss Exchange, the Ecoscentia Foundation and the Association of Swiss Commercial and Administrative Banks. Approximately one out of four Swiss residents between the age of 18 and 74 own equities, corresponding to a total of about 1.3 million shareholders in Switzerland for the year 20
CME Open Interest Surpasses 23 Million Positions

Date 12/11/2002

Open interest on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) first surpassed 23 million positions yesterday, Nov. 11, reaching a record 23,047,828 positions and culminating an eight-day series of new open interest highs which began on Oct. 31 with 22,061,615 open positions.

BrokerTec Futures Exchange Achieves New Record Weekly Volume

Date 12/11/2002

BrokerTec Futures Exchange, the nation's only fully-electronic fixed income futures exchange, announced today that it achieved a new record for weekly volume last week of 140,715 contracts. Last week's contract volume was a 98% increase over BTEX's prior weekly record of 71,268 contracts. Average daily trading activity for last week also reached a new high of 28,145 contracts on the strength of successive single day volume records set by BTEX on November 4th, 5th and 7th.
ASX Corporate Governance Council - Statement By Participants

Date 12/11/2002

The ASX Corporate Governance Council held its third meeting today at the Sydney offices of Australian Stock Exchange (ASX).
TSX Group Inc. To Trade On The Toronto Stock Exchange

Date 11/11/2002

The common shares of TSX Group Inc. will begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Tuesday, November 12, 2002. Stock Symbol: "X" - 33,750,089 common shares will be issued and outstanding. TSX Group conducts its business through the following four integrated operating divisions: Toronto Stock Exchange (senior listings), TSX Venture Exchange (junior listings), TSX Markets (trading) and TSX Datalinx (data). The Company derives its revenue primarily from three integrated activities:
The S&P/TSX Canadian Index Committee Announced That Income Trusts Will Remain Outside The S&P/TSX Composite Index

Date 11/11/2002

The S&P/TSX Canadian Index Committee today announced that income trusts will continue to be ineligible for inclusion in the S&P/TSX Composite Index, the leading Canadian equity index. The decision follows a careful study of income trust instruments and consultation with the Canadian Index Advisory Panel.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Energy Trust Index.

Date 11/11/2002

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Tuesday, November 12, 2002: The relative weight of PrimeWest Energy Trust (TSX: PWI.UN) will increase by approximately 0.39% in the S&P/TSX Canadian Income Trust Index and by approximately 0.91% in the S&P/TSX Canadian Energy Trust Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float trust units of the income trust due to the issuance of units pursuant